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Coll 6/79 'Oil: Oil concessions in South East Arabia (Rub'al Khali).' [6r] (11/80)
The record is made up of 1 file (38 folios). It was created in 20 Oct 1936-19 Mar 1937. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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agreement with Jbn Saud is concluded, it will not be worded
in such a way as to imply a unilateral decision as to any
area in dispute. I recognise, however, that this is only
a reasonable attitude so long as an agreement is arrived at
airly soon, and that it is not desirable that procrastination
should leave a potential oil area either undeveloped or
exposed to the encroachment of an &n$riean company in virtue
of a vague concession from Jbn gaud.
:1 ' J prospects for the negotiations, when they are
reopened, are not encouraging. Ibn gaud has been given
satisfaction on several points which he had much at heart -
the manumission of slaves, the eouality of Arabic with
■ English in the treaty of Jedda, difficulties at Bahrain, and
the control of the legation dispensary and medical staff:
on the frontier questions it is difficult for us to go
farther than we have already gone; ^uad Bey Hamza’s enquiries
about a loan met with a discouraging reception in the City:
in the matter of the He.jaz Railway no solution is in sight;
ana in the three other major questions - Kuwait Blockade,
landing facilities for aeroplanes, and the debt due to His
majesty’s Government, we want something from Jbn Saud and have
nothing to offer in return. The only important factor that
J can find on the other side is Jbn Baud’s undoubted desire
to remain on good terms with His Majesty’s Government and it
maybe that having accepted aeroplanes and technical assistance
l mm the Italians as a gift he may feel called upon to be
accommodating towards His Majesty’s Government to emphasise
his impartiality. The limitation which the doubt about the
frontiers places upon the search for oil and minerals may also
serve as an inducement to speed in negotiation. j would not
place either on one side of the argument or on the other
Gheykh Yusuf Yasin’s personal enquiry about the training of
Gauai aviation personnel in the United Kingdom as J cannot
believe
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This file relates to oil concessions in south-eastern Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence discusses British concerns regarding the possibility of oil being discovered in the Ruba' al Khali [Rubʻ al Khālī], and the bearing that such a discovery might have on the question of the eastern and south-eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia. Also discussed are the prospect of Petroleum Concessions Limited securing an oil concession for territory in the Ruba' al Khali, and the extent of the territory covered in the concession secured by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1933.
The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); Major Stephen Hemsley Longrigg of Petroleum Concessions Limited; officials of the Foreign Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the Admiralty.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (38 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Coll 6/79 'Oil: Oil concessions in South East Arabia (Rub'al Khali).'
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- front, front-i, 2r:28v, 31r:36v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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